Luke 1:31
29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
30 So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- KJV
- And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
- WEB
- Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’
- ASV
- And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
- DARBY
- and behold, thou shalt conceive in the womb and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus.
- BLB
- And behold, you will conceive in womb and will give birth to a son, and you will call His name Jesus.
- ÅB
- og se, du skal bli fruktsommelig og føde en sønn, og du skal kalle ham Jesus.
- OTB
- Du skal bli med barn og føde en sønn, og du skal gi ham navnet Jesus.
- B1930
- og se, du skal bli fruktsommelig og føde en sønn, og du skal kalle ham Jesus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 7:14
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.
Read in contextMatthew 1:21
She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Read in contextMatthew 1:25
But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a Son. And he gave Him the name Jesus.
Read in contextLuke 2:21
When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived.
Read in contextMatthew 1:23
“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
Read in contextGalatians 4:4
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
Read in contextLuke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
Read in contextLuke 1:27
to a virgin pledged in marriage to a man named Joseph, who was of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary.
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